2008-2009 Bulletin â PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University
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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM:<br />
FIRST AND SECOND YEARS<br />
SEMESTER I SEMESTER II SEMESTER III SEMESTER IV<br />
MATHEMATICS 1<br />
PHYSICS<br />
(three tracks, choose one)<br />
CHEMISTRY<br />
(three tracks, choose one)<br />
ENGLISH<br />
COMPOSITION<br />
(three tracks, choose one)<br />
REQUIRED<br />
NONTECHNICAL<br />
ELECTIVES<br />
MATH V1101 (3) MATH V1102 (3) MATH V1201 (3) MATH V1202 (3)<br />
and ODE (3)<br />
C1401 (3) C1402 (3) C1403 (3) C1494 (3)<br />
C1601 (3.5) C1602 (3.5) C2601 (3.5) Lab C2699 (3)<br />
C2801 (4.5) C2802 (4.5) Lab W3081 (2)<br />
C1403 (3.5) C1404 (3)<br />
Lab C1500 (2) either semester<br />
C1604 (3.5) C2507 (3)<br />
C3045 (3.5) C3046 (3), Lab C2507 (3) C3545 (3)<br />
C1010 (3)<br />
Z1003 (0) C1010 (3)<br />
Z0006 (0) Z1003 (0) C1010 (3)<br />
HUMA C1001, C0CI C1101, HUMA C1002, C0CI C1102,<br />
or Major Cultures (3–4) or Major Cultures (3–4)<br />
HUMA W1121 (3) ECON W1105 (4) and<br />
or W1123 (3) W1155 recitation (0)<br />
REQUIRED TECH<br />
ELECTIVES<br />
COMPUTER<br />
SCIENCE<br />
PHYSICAL<br />
EDUCATION<br />
GATEWAY LAB<br />
(3) Student’s choice, see list of first-and second-year technical electives (professional-level courses; see page 12)<br />
A computer language of the student’s choice at the 1000 level or higher<br />
C1001 (1) C1002 (1)<br />
E1102 (4) either semester<br />
1 Students with advanced standing may start the calculus sequence at a higher level.<br />
Areas of Research<br />
The graduate specialty in solid-state science<br />
and engineering includes research<br />
programs in the Fractional Quantum Hall<br />
Effect and electronic transport (Professor<br />
Stormer, Physics/ Applied Physics and<br />
Applied Mathematics); nonlinear optics<br />
of surfaces (Professor Heinz, Electrical<br />
Engineering/ Physics); semiconductor<br />
nanocrystals (Professor Brus, Chemistry/<br />
Chemical Engineering); optics of semiconductors,<br />
including at high pressure<br />
(Professor Herman, Applied Physics and<br />
Applied Mathematics); chemical physics<br />
of surfaces and photoemission (Professor<br />
Osgood, Electrical Engineering/Applied<br />
Physics and Applied Mathematics);<br />
molecular beam epitaxy leading to semiconductor<br />
devices (Professor Wang,<br />
Electrical Engineering/Applied Physics<br />
and Applied Mathematics); luminescence<br />
in heavily doped wide-band-gap<br />
semiconductors (Professor Neumark,<br />
Henry Krumb School of Mines/Applied<br />
Physics and Applied Mathematics); and<br />
inelastic light scattering in low-dimensional<br />
electron gases within semiconductors<br />
(Professor Pinczuk, Applied<br />
Physics and Applied Mathematics/<br />
Physics); large-area electronics and thinfilm<br />
transistors (Professor Im, Henry<br />
Krumb School of Mines/Applied Physics<br />
and Applied Mathematics); structural<br />
analysis and high Tc superconductors<br />
(Professor Chan, Henry Krumb School<br />
of Mines/Applied Physics and Applied<br />
Mathematics); x-ray microdiffraction and<br />
stresses (Professor Noyan, Henry Krumb<br />
School of Mines/ Applied Physics and<br />
Applied Math-ematics); magnetic properties<br />
of thin films (Professor Bailey,<br />
Henry Krumb School of Mines/Applied<br />
Physics and Applied Mathematics);<br />
properties of nano materials (Professor<br />
O’Brien, Henry Krumb School of Mines/<br />
Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics).<br />
Program of Study<br />
The applicant for the graduate specialty<br />
must be admitted to one of the participating<br />
programs: applied physics and<br />
applied mathematics, or electrical engineering.<br />
A strong undergraduate background<br />
in physics or chemistry and in<br />
mathematics is important.<br />
The doctoral student must meet the<br />
formal requirements for the Eng.Sc.D. or<br />
Ph.D. degree set by the department in<br />
which he or she is registered. However,<br />
the bulk of the program for the specialty<br />
<strong>SEAS</strong> <strong>2008</strong>–<strong>2009</strong>